"He just has a different belief system than most Americans”said Ailes to Howard Kurtz. He's different, he's extreme, he's foreign. That's why he was elected by a majority of Americans, I guess. That's why his ratings are higher than Reagan's at the same point. He's the same, he's a conservative corporatist influenced by big business, he's no different. That's what so many liberal and non-liberal Americans are saying about him. Sorry Roger, you can
Which Obama are we talking about?
" I literally never heard an Obama speech that didn’t blame Bush.”says the Fox chairman. I guess I'm not listening carefully, but that's literally a lie and why isn't Bush to blame for what Bush did and why hasn't Obama come out and said it? Who else pissed away the surplus, spent the trillions shocking and awe-ing third world countries and was at the helm during the largest redistribution of wealth in our history? History blames Bush. The facts blame Bush and facts are what's missing in Ailes' endless accusations.
President Obama
“had to be told by the French and the Germans that his socialism was too far left for them to deal with."What Socialism? The French and Germans are Socialists and Capitalists and they pay enormously higher taxes than we do. Under the current administration our taxes are at historic lows. Trying to reform health care in a manner far less socialist than any other country? Restoring a tax bracket to less that Reagan gave us? Asking for much less TARP money than George Bush, making it more accountable and lending money to Americans that's being repaid with interest? Being too much in cahoots with Wall Street, beholden to corporate interests, giving us a large middle class tax cut? What Socialism, you lying son of a bitch?
Sorry Roger, you're going to have to say it a lot louder and longer if you want to make it true and if you wanted to be something in the same galaxy as honesty, you'd just come out and use the N word. That would be even more of a boost to your oily profits, wouldn't it?
Captain, my Captain, you certainly hit the nail squarely on its head.
ReplyDeleteIf you haven't already viewed it, you'll find this story about the Right's lying allegations as to how Obama spent Veteran's Day of interest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kqTeNoq4AA
That's the classic Bernays Sauce, as Dino wonderfully put it, working its magic through FOX: don't ever let the facts interfere with a good (and preferably scary) story.
ReplyDeleteBTW, love your title (and the rest of the post, as always).
We know Ailes & Company are liars. We know they have turned a cable news network into a propaganda organ. We know their aim is to destabilize American politics with nonstop sneer and jeer and inflame village idiots wielding pitchforks.
ReplyDeleteBut maybe what we need to do is go an extra step and shift the focus from the lies to the price future generations will pay for those lies.
When the assholes question our patriotism, we should throw their bullshit back in their faces along with a forewarning as to consequences.
Capt, a scathingly pointed post. Now please take that pointed post and stick it in Ailes...a putz if ever I saw one.
ReplyDeleteFOX on a numerology chart is 666 says it all
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